Lucy – reviewed

Hmm. This Luc Besson film is vastly enjoyable, but not quite as awesome as I’d hoped. The plot (more of a scenario, really) involves a young girl forced into being a drug-mule for an experimental drug. It leaks into her guts and she begins to access previously unused parts of her mind… developing super powers in the process. Problem: she’s massively strong very quickly, so all sense of jeopardy immediately disappears.

She becomes smarter and smarter as the film goes on, until she is smarter than all human experience. Problem: the film is an expression of meaning that can only use our current tropes of understanding – so ultimately can only fail to explain the true conceptual consequences of her intellect.

It all ends up as fairly… predictable, therefore. And vaguely daft. It’s a shame, cos somewhere in there is an amazing film fighting to get out. But still vastly enjoyable. 7.5 out of 10.

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One comment on “Lucy – reviewed”

I agree with your assessment, but would add that I was dismayed to see yet another female hero who couldn’t just rise to glory like her male equivalent would. First she had to be broken down and rebuilt. She had to be abused, sexually and physically. This is a trend in Hollywood. We don’t see male heroes sexually abused before they achieve greatness. This disparity in the way the genders are treated is so common it’s become eye-ball rolling territory. I would have knocked off that half point and given it a 7 as a result.